NURSING INTERVENTIONS for Depression in Newly Admitted Nursing Home Residents
- 1 March 1999
- journal article
- case report
- Published by SLACK, Inc. in Journal of Gerontological Nursing
- Vol. 25 (3) , 20-29
- https://doi.org/10.3928/0098-9134-19990301-10
Abstract
Journal of Gerontological Nursing | Depression, a common illness among older adults, has been shown to increase morbidity and mortality (Parmalee, Katz, & Lawton, 1992). Depression has been defined as an illness along a continuum from major depression to minor depression. Major depression is defined as meeting the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) criteria for major depressiveThis publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
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